When you’re on Labor and Delivery you participate in a fair share of C-sections. There are many indications to C-sections, but they are all (usually) carried out the same way. I didn’t realize how much damage C-sections do to mothers! It’s quite the messy procedure. You get through all the layers of the abdominal wall […]

Childbirth is a ridiculous experience, if you think about it. The pushing, the agony, the bleeding, the danger. And you’re telling me you have to push out that huge head out of that small canal? Thousands and millions of years of evolution, and this is the best nature could come up with? In my 2 […]

For the past week I’ve been on the obstetrics portion of my OB/GYN clerkship. It’s been more interesting, but far more work than being on the inpatient gynecology service. On weekdays, we often have mandatory classes to attend that take us away from our work on the floor. But on my day of weekend call, […]

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